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ID: 7002304
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002304
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ras Shamra (deserted settlement)  Ras Shamra (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 35 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.5833  decimal degrees
Long: 035 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient city flourished 1450-1195 BCE; mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions and in Hittite records; part of Hittite Empire 1350-1200 BCE; artifacts here have contributed to knowledge of Western Semitic religion and language; destroyed by earthquake 1200 BCE.

Names:
Ras Shamra (preferred,C,V)
Ra's Shamrah (C,V)
Ugarit (H,V)  ............ ancient name
Ougarit (C,V)  ............ ancient name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sūrīyah (nation)  ........  Sūrīyah (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Lādhiqīyah (governorate)  ............  Al Lādhiqīyah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Ras Shamra (deserted settlement)  ................  Ras Shamra (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  settled since 8000 BCE
archaeological site (C)  ............  site was discovered in 1929
trade center (H)  ............  for copper 3000-1200 BCE
inhabited place (H)
ancient site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ougarit..........  [VP]
.................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 1 April 2003
Ras Shamra..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1004, 1244
Ra's Shamrah..........  [VP]
.......................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Ugarit..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 358
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 1 April 2003
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 358
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1004, 1244
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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